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User Experience Designer

￼￼VItamin T is seeking a Senior User Experience Designer for a contract to hire role in loop. The Senior UX Designer leads the user experience for both online and offline implementations through the various stages of a project including: requirements gathering, user personas and flows, interface design strategy, site map creation, wireframing, usability testing and final quality assurance. They lead the development of breakthrough creative experiences grounded in solid technology and the business objectives. They assist in mentoring their fellow colleagues about UX best practices.

Functions and Responsibilities: • Lead and contribute innovative user interface design concepts that drive award-winning interactive experiences • Lead and launch projects which demonstrate a combination of strategic, conceptual and creative thinking • Lead cross-channel experience development including: social media, mobile devices, search, dynamic personalization, gaming, trade show environments, emerging technologies, and web and desktop applications • Lead the creation of UX deliverables (site maps, user flows and personas, wireframes and prototypes) based on business and strategic requirements that clearly demonstrate great user experiences of both online and offline implementations • Research and evaluate the features of existing projects and suggest improvements • Conduct heuristic evaluations and provide results and recommendations • Collaborate with and/or mentor the brand creative teams to move the digital process forward • Partner with Strategy, Creative, Technology, Producers and Account Services to develop the strategy and experience solutions for a wide variety of projects • Communicate concepts and designs internally and externally in an effective and dynamic manner through a range of techniques • Ensure the experiences developed meet the project’s strategic goals, users’ needs, technology parameters, timelines and budgets • Establish and author usability test plans • Participate in usability testing as an observer or moderator, which may involve travel • Stay abreast of emerging technologies and design trends to share with the UX and creative teams • Extensive knowledge of InDesign, Illustrator, OmniGraffle and Axure

The Senior UX Designer must have at least 5 years experience in user experience design and interaction design, preferably with a BA in Graphic Design or Human Computer Interaction. He/she must possess knowledge of mobile platforms with a solid understanding of creating wireframes, site maps, user flows and personas. Some prototyping experience and expert-level fluency in standard design software tools (InDesign, Illustrator, OmniGraffle and Axure) is required. A solid understanding and demonstration of user- centered design thinking are crucial skills for this role.